Articles

The 1992 Vote for President Clinton: Another Brittle Mandate?
EVERETT C. LADD examines the 1992 U.S. presidential election. He argues that Bill Clinton's defeat of George Bush resulted from an unusual combination of short-term forces, rather than from shifts in partisan attachments across the electorate or from changed views on the proper course of public policy.

pp. 1-28

The Year of the Woman? Candidates, Voters, and the 1992 ElectionsMichael X. Delli Carpini and ESTER FUCHS give a brief overview of why women had been excluded from voting and office holding. They then examine the recent successes by women in the political process, culminating in the election of forty-seven women in the U.S. House of Representatives and five new women senators.

pp. 29-36

Minority Political Empowerment in New York City: Beyond the Voting Rights ActFrank J. Macchiarola and Joseph G. Diaz look at the recent redistricting for New York City's fifty-one member City Council in light of the requirements of the federal Voting Rights Act. They analyze the sharp competition that developed among minority groups and resulted in the council having, by far, the largest number of Afro-Americans and Latinos in its history.

pp. 37-57

Beyond the Cold War--Again: 1955 and the 1990sRonald W. Pruessen suggests renewed emphasis on the study of history as one way of coping with the disorientation that can come in the wake of the cold war's end. He examines the purported thaw in the cold war after Joseph Stalin's death and argues that it provides insights for dealing with the end of the cold war today.

The Right to Privacy in CanadaDouglas Camp Chaffey analyzes the development of a right to privacy in Canadian law, which parallels that in the United States. He concludes that the 1982 Charter Rights and Freedoms, plus growing concern in Canada over invasions of privacy, are largely responsible for this rapid development.

pp. 117-132

Strategic Bargaining in Brazil's Debt NegotiationsHoward P. Lehman discusses the critical debt rescheduling agreement between Brazil and its international creditors by using a modified model of strategic interaction. He concludes that each side has significant power resources that shape the final debt agreement and that this model is more accurate than a rigid game theoretic model.

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